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The year 1940 in radio involved some significant events.
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Events
- January 5 – FM radio is demonstrated for the FCC for the first time.
- May 26 – Fireside chat: On National Defense
- 18 June – General Charles de Gaulle, de facto leader of the Free French Forces in World War II, uses the airwaves of the BBC to make his 18th of June Appeal to the French people for resistance to the Nazi German occupation of France.
- 15 October – Seven staff are killed when an attempt to eject a delayed-action German bomb from Broadcasting House in London fails.[1]
- December 29 – Fireside chat: On National Security
Debuts
- The Bell Telephone Hour (1940-1958)
- January 28 – Beat the Band debuts on NBC.
- February 5 – Amanda of Honeymoon Hill debuts on NBC.
- February 11 – The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street debuts on the Blue Network.
- February 12 – The Adventures of Superman (1940-1951) debuts on WOR.
- March 18 – Light of the World debuts on NBC.
- March 23 – Truth or Consequences debuts on CBS.
Closings
Births
- May 7 - Legendary Radio personality Jim Connors
- June 5 – David Brudnoy (d. 2004), popular talk radio host in Boston, Massachusetts from 1976 to 2004.
Deaths
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/noflash/html/1940s.stm About BBC News - official site
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